The relevant question in the series against Utah is not how Golden State is going to contend with the sizable Utah frontcourt, but how Derek Fisher or anyone else on the Jazz roster that plays the 2 is going to contend with a brutishly physical Warrior backcourt. Jason Richardson has a career average of 5.4 rpg, and Baron Davis is built like a fullback.

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To me the question is that fact that Boozer is an entirely different kind of beast than Dirk and Memo is no slouch either. Which of the Jazz do you double off of? There is Diop/Damp position. Even AK found his shot at the end.

Should be a wonderful matchup and petrie dish in the old vs new NBA playoffs. Definitely looking forward to it.

You can claim whatever you like, but the Warriors FrontCourt IS SMALL. Just because they have good size in the backcourt, doesn't mean it is some sort of myth that the Warriors played small. A skinny center and a G/F playing Power Forward makes you SMALL in my book.

Carlos Boozer had 7'6" Yao Ming for lunch in all but the first game of the Houston series. He is playing with tremendous individual confidence right now, and I don't see GS low post defenders being able to stop him without leaving Utah perimeter players open.

Also, Utah really seemed to step up their defense in the playoffs over the regular season, closing out on perimeter players faster, rotating better, etc. With no real reason to double team GS in the low post, we'll see how well Utah defends the GS perimeter players.

can you blame the for thinking about trading booz, they were paying him all that money and played about as much as grant hill his first two years with the jazz... but I sure am glad they kept him cause he will wear all those warrior players out as the series series get longer... that will allow memo, ak, d will, matt harpring, and millsap to get wide open shots and clear cuts to the basket... utah in 5

I don't think it's a case of the Warriors being short... it's more that they aren't really tall. At least by most teams standards. Everyone has at least 2 guys 6'11 taller that they use consistently. Except the Warriors (and maybe the Suns, I'm not sure). They're definitely not "short" though

being out of town for. A part of me harbors a little survivor guilt for not being there. I have the game recorded, but I don't want to watch it. From what I understand, the Clippers were never really in it and that they didn't do one thing acceptably except shoot FTs. The Clippers had the chance to get into the playoffs through the front door and, on that day, had only to beat a bad basketball team at home, but couldn't. But I guess that's not even the point.

04/11/08 20:44:19

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